Cable take-up.



lH. L. & F. W. ZHVIMERMAN.

CABLE TAKE-UP.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.29.19.13.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918` @mi/Mmm@ :s

Y irritnsreg-ATENTLQFFCE e A 'HENRY CABLE TAiinUr.v

To all whom t may concern.'

' Beitlniown that we, HENRY LVZIMMER- -MANiand F/BEDRICK 7. ZIMMERMANA citizens of the United States, residing at Lonevrllree,

:inthecounty of Johnson andwStatev-of'lowa,

have. invented certain-,new and .useful- 1inprovenientsin Cable Take-Ups; and'l Awei do Vhereby declare .the vfollowing .to bea full, clear, and exactifdescriptionofithe invention,

Vto wliiclrit;appei-.tains tofmake andusethe 'cable take-ups,- andpa-rticulaily. to such as, Aarecharacterized by the Lutilizationiof*cablev cam grippingY devices;

Vif-Therobject 1in view isithe4 adaptation of -sucli a' `take-upl .for enabling direct f application 'of int'ermediate portions of the draft Icable, to: the' stump orl other article .to-f be idrawn.

1A; furtherobjectin Iview .is the provision,

yin a take-upv of .the class" mentioned,fof

means*` enablingy feit-lier direct application of an intermediate portion of'` v:the ldraft cable or application of. aqsuppleniental cable to the article tobedrawnt Vithk these .and further objects in` view,

'as will inpart` hereinafter.appearpand,'in part be stated, 'the invention comprises pcertain-:novel constructions, combinations Vand arrangements' of .pai-ts'. as will. be -fherein specified and claimed.4

In the accompa-nymgrd-rawing,-V fj ,Figure .1 is a plan view offan embodiment of the present linvention'.v

Fig.. 2 is a ,front elevation thereof; e j Fig.' 31s. a, similar ,view 'of .another .em-

bodiment 'of' the invention. 'i

= Fig.' eL-cisl a vertical 4section taken alongthe axisv of :the ,bore` for the auxiliary f orrlnitclr ing. cable,v a fragment of. saidrcable .being seen in elevation. y v

. LReferring tofthe` drawing .by numerals, lindicates a i'bottomV plate fwh'i'chfhas. its under portion 'strengthened'.byA ribs orA flanges 2, 2. Froin-tliesup'per face'ofl the. plate 1 upstandsf anf'arcuat'e rflange V strengthened by ribs or fillets 4, 4. The yflange'.jterminates adjacent one side fof platefl in an enlarged rounded endportionfformed l' with a transverse groove 5 producing an` overhanging` portion -or hook 6.v The "plate 1- is formed with an outstanding portion projecting laterally beneath the hook 6 and v ispevcationlof Letters Patent.

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Patenteaaian. y1,1918.

Application aie-a December 29, 1913. Y 4serial N01; 509,252.

and ffacing'fthe-hook'v 6,'the hook 7 being formed `witha groove 8 opposing and inthe same -plane's` with-the groove The bight portions of=thehooks6 and"r 7 are rounded throughoutthelength oflthegro'oves 5 and 8 for presentin'giio.=sliarp or-projecting corners, and thewall ofthe groove 8l is inclined rtowardfthat of groove 5 asit"extendsrearwa'idly -so as `vto produce `a converging pass'ageLway between A--thei two hooks, as clear-ly indicated-fin dotted *linesi -in `Fig.'1 .l`f^T-he parts 6 and' 7 [are preferably 'formed integral with `plate 1l,- a'sgbybeingk castV therewith, but obviously the parts maybe otherwise'tcon'- str-ucted' whenpreferred.

bottom p'la'teil` in the rear offfilangeyS-is eccentricity ofthe mounting #being prop'or tioned to assure' 'effective conformity ofthe circumference of ythe-pulley tothe concavity tween 'the ipulley'lfand 'the -fla'ngeiV The." peripheral groove =l1fof fthecam l0 isl annular but iat one point is v'pi-"ovidefdf'withabranch or vl-a'terallyi extending groovegfportion 12 terminates in aA hook 7' extended baclr'towardl --An appropriate area ofthe upperlfaceiof 'of the flange 3 I"for grippingfthe"V cabler 'bel forined by an appropriate upstandingflange 'extendiii'gfroni theupper* face of `the Vcam and* formed with-the-'concavityl producing thebranchgroove 12.'- v y Inopera't'on', the 12d-raft camail-13, i which "entends":fromy a v wii'idin'g drum or other'draft e app aratus fnot'y illustrated, 'iis'f disposed fin the article to be drawn,- -v,disposed `i n :the groove 51 and `then passed aboutth'e groove'l'l and drawing" as lalmere endfit-'inay` actually i en# tendgforfany length as, for-instance,` in prac.- tice,l-fr'em fty toone hundred -feetaccord` ing' to the lparticularV intermediate pointat which the present improved take-up isap-` -plied f-to4 the-"draftV cable(y 'Asv soon'-A as" the #parts are thus disposed, the cable 13 is subjected to draft which first becomes taut and in doing so causes the cam 10 to swing upon its journal 9 and firmly grip the portion of the cable extending along the flange 3 against said flange. Further draft on cable 13 will then produce a pull on the vstump or other article surrounded by the loop of cable 13 extending beyond the take-up, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

Thus it will be seen that by this invention it is possible to dispense with an auxiliary vor bitching cable, but as indicated in Figs. 3 and L it is sometimes preferable to provide the bitching cable as, for instance, when it is inconvenient or impracticable to pass the intermediate portion of the draft cable about thearticle to be drawn, for example, about astanding tree. In Figs. 3 and 4 isillustrated an embodiment corre- Ysponding exactly in everydetail, excepting thek connection for thel hitching cable, with the structure set forth above, so that the same reference numerals lhave been applied and the same description is applica-ble. The connection for the hitching cable consists merelyof a. bore 15 formed in the material of the bottom plate and flaring forwardly, into which extends the end portion of the bitching cable *15.` The said end portion has its -strands frayed within the enlargement of the boreV and interfilledwith Babbittor other appropriate metal. The opposite or free end of the cable l15-is provided with a 'cable hook 16 so as to enable ready connection of the free endvof thecable with an intermediate portion thereof after' the cable has been passed about a stump or other article.v LIt wfill thu-s be seen that when` using. the structure Yset forth in Figs. 3 and 4 the draft cable lmay be utilized as above set forth, or, when -it is found impracticableor otherwise undesirable -to loop the draftI rvcable about the stumpfto be drawn, the hitching cable may be utilized, and in that event the draft cable will `be merely extended past they hook 6 in the groove 8 andl not looped back along the groove .5, although, of course, such return loop may bejjemployed ifV v occasion should demand merely by the interpos'ition of some article engaged bythe Vloop and disposed to prevent the loop from escaping through the channel between the hooksL 6 and 7.- I

Regardless ofv whether the auxiliary or hitching cable is utilized, the Vgripping and releasing of the main cable is thesame and is effected by applying the cable about. the cani 10 when `the cam is swung outwardly to the position indicated indotted lines in Fig. 1, vand then swinging the caniy back to its, full line position whereat `the .cable is gripped between the flange. 3 and the cam.,

'.,Sopies of Athis patent may be obtained Jfor the pull on the main cable serving to move the cam nearer the flange 3 and thus increasing the gripping capacity of the cam. The release of the cable is accomplished merely by slacking away that portion of the main cable extending from cam 9 past hook 6 and swinging the cam out to the said dotted line position, whereupon the lcablecan be easily unwrapped from about the cam.

What we claim isz- Y 1. .In a cable talreup, the combination of a yplate provided with two separated upstanding parts each of which has an inwardly facing longitudinal rope groove, and independent means carried by the plate for engaging a rope leading from oneof the grooves, the said rope engaging means being separate from and adapted to retain the rope independently of either groove.

n 2. In a cabletake-up, thecombination of a plate having at one end and near one side, a pair of separated upstanding parts 'each provided with a longitudinally extending groove facing the opposite part andadapted to receive a looped rope in the grooves, one of saidparts extending to the opposite side of the plate and being curved to provide an arcuate stop flange, and a disk eccentrically pivoted to the oppositeend of said plate and at said opposite side thereof for contact with the stop flange andadapted to receive one end of said rope loopthereabout as the latter emerges from the adjacent groove for binding the `cable against the stopv flange independently of the groove.

3. In a cable take-up, a plate, cable gripe ping means carriedthereby, anoutstanding hook portion disposed at one side of 'said gripping means, the plate extending beyond 'saidvhooln land a hook extending from the last-mentioned portionwof the plate toward the first-mentioned hook andl formingr a 4restricted `passage-way therebetween. y

' 4.- In a cable take-up, a plate, cable gripping means carried thereby, an outstanding hook portion disposed at one side of lsaid gripping means, theV plate extending beyond said hook, and a hook extending fromV the last-inentioned portionrof the plate toward the yfirst-mentioned hook and forming a restricted passage-way therebetweemthe bights of the respective hooks beingishaped to form a converging passageway betweenthe hooks.

In testimony'whereof we affix our signatures in presence lof two witnesses.V

HENRY L. ZIMMERMAN. FREDRICK W. ZIMMERMAN.

Vitnesses: i

E. B. ALEXANDER, Liii Donar.'risen,l

Washington, D. 9., 

